From: Jim Noseworthy <jim.noseworthy_at_rogers.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:10:38 -0300

Hello:

Just to clarify a matter: RBUtilqt.exe is now accessible. The problem is
that there are some problems in the generation of SAPI 5 voice files.

Cheers.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hussein Patwa" <hspatwa_at_talktalk.net>
To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: RE: Problems making voice with cygwin


>> Subject: Re: Problems making voice with cygwin
>>
>> Problems making voice with cygwinHi Hussein,
>>
>> I can't help with your Cygwin problem, but have you tried
>> using RbUtil to build voices?
>> http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebSearch?topic=Roc
>> kboxUtility
>> for details, or
>> http://download.rockbox.org/rbutil/win32/rbutilqt-v1.0.4.zip
>> for the Windows binary.
>
> Hello,
>
> I have finally managed to create a voice file using my own SAPI voice and
> which has been confirmed as fully functional on four different platforms
> to
> date. Please bear with me - I know this list is archived and also Google
> indexed so I'm going to give my findings in case it helps others in the
> future.
>
> I think it depends highly on which voice you use. A Cepstral voice I was
> trying previously would never generate. However, since I switched to
> Loquendo this morning, no problems. Both were SAPI5 compliant voices.
>
> The rockbox utility is not accessible by screen readers, therefore Cygwin
> is
> my only viable alternative as will be the case for many partially sighted
> users (unless one has sighted assistance or whishes to indulge in
> eyestrain
> and headaches). I know cygwin is not natively discussed on this list,
> however please let me cover a couple of points that are relevant.
>
> It is often necessary to increase the memory allocation for cygwin. I had
> to do this, as I was constantly receiving allocation errors which did not
> occur with more basic housekeeping tasks. The cygwin command for this is:
> regtool -i set /HKLM/Software/Cygnus\ Solutions/Cygwin/heap_chunk_in_mb
> 1024
>
> 1024 should suffice for most systems, although you can increase it. There
> have been reports of values higher than 2048 failing to substantiate.
> Execute the command from within cygwin, then restart cygwin to take
> effect.
>
> I have found the voice generation is sometimes erratic. It's best to run
> it
> at least a couple of times to ensure your output file is the same size.
> Generation is sometimes incomplete with no error messages to indicate as
> such.
>
> There have been reports on this list about voices being 'incomplete' in
> their coverage of targets' relating to unspoken menu items, property
> values
> and the speech output of file/directory name characters. No solution or
> reason for this has been given, and being someone who isn't fond of loose
> ends, I've been trying to find a fix. I've been unsuccessful in finding a
> conclusive solution so far. The above points have worked for me thus
> far -
> if I find out anything else which could be causing the fault, I'll be sure
> to let you know.
>
> Thanks for bearing with me, and thanks for your help and advice thus far.
>
> Cheers,
>
> H.
>
> Kind Regards and Best Wishes
>
> Hussein Patwa
> Tel: 01224 783228
> Mobile: 0789 47 595 62
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>
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>
Received on 2008-04-01